A new organism is discovered in the forests of Costa Rica. Scientists there determine that the polypeptide sequence of hemoglobin from the new organism has 72 amino acid differences from humans, 65 differences from a gibbon, 49 differences from a rat, and 5 differences from a frog. These data suggest that the new organism
A) is more closely related to humans than to frogs.
B) is more closely related to frogs than to humans.
C) evolved at about the same time as frogs, which is much earlier than primates and mammals.
D) is more closely related to humans than to rats.
E) is more closely related to frogs than to humans and also evolved at about the same time as frogs, which is much earlier than primates and mammals.
Rafflesia arnoldii, the world's biggest flower, lives as a parasite in Indonesian rain forests.
Deforestation in the forests of British Columbia.
The ozone hole in September, 2003. Even as scientists verified that the rate of ozone depletion was
Model Organism Neurospora
A Recently Discovered Member of the Local Group
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